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19/06/2013 00:08:28

Author Topic: Can drugs boost cognitive abilities?  (Read 565 times)

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Over the last 40 years, drugs have been developed that, as well as performing their original purpose of helping those with medical conditions, can improve the cognitive skills of the healthy population. This newfound ability to make normal people better has led to a growth in the area of neuroethics; scientists, philosophers and politicians are debating whether it is right to use these performance enhancers, as Ginny Smith explains...

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